B&W G3 can't boot YDL2.2

[Iain Stevenson]

... but have you tried using /dev/hda just in case the installer causes the 
funny lettering?

  Iain



--On Thursday, May 9, 2002 2:02 pm -0500 Al Arzaga <broohaha@xnet.com> 
wrote:

>
> Nope.  It's not a typo.  That's what appears during the boot process of
> the installer:     Maxtor2R015H1, ATA Disk Drive
>
> Also, in the Partition Disks section of the custom install process, I see
> the only  selection for that ide drive as:
>     hde (Maxtor 2R015H1)
>
>
>
> On 5/9/02 11:39 AM, ppeters914@attbi.com (Pete Peters) expounded:
>
>> Uh, Al, if the Maxtor is the only IDE drive in your Mac, I think it
>> should
>> be
>>
>> /dev/hda <----note the last letter
>>
>> Where are you coming up with /dev/hde???? Or is that just a typo?
>>
>>
>> Pete
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>> [mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com]On Behalf
>> Of Al Arzaga
>> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 10:49 AM
>> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>> Subject: B&W G3 can't boot YDL2.2
>>
>>
>> I've gone through all the possible options listed here
>> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/
>> boot_functions.shtml that applied to my machine.
>>
>> But after installing YDL2.2, I'm unable to get the machine to
>> find yaboot.
>>
>> My setup consists of a B&W 400MHz G3 with a SCSI Quantum hard drive
>> and the SCSI controller it came with when I bought the system.
>> What I added to this setup is a Maxtor IDE drive and a Sonnet ATA
>> 100 IDE controller.
>>
>> The Quantum is strictly for Mac OS 9.2 while the Maxtor is my
>> designated YDL drive.
>>
>> Therefore, the partitions I have designated for YDL2.2 are in
>> /dev/hde2   boot
>> /dev/hde3   swap
>> /dev/hde4   root
>>
>> And the Mac partition is in (I believe) /dev/sda.
>>
>> In Open Firmware, I've attempted the following commands:
>> setenv boot-device hd:2,ofboot.b
>> setenv boot-device hd:2,\\:tbxi
>>
>> All of which gave me a "boot  can't OPEN: hd:2,..." and so on.
>>
>> Booting from the install CD, I've tried at the boot prompt:
>> cd-linux root=/dev/hde2
>> cd-linux root=/dev/hde3
>> cd-linux root=/dev/hde4
>>
>> all of which gave me errors about not being able to open the devices.
>>
>> I've reset my PRAM, too.
>> I've run the installer and custom-re-installed yaboot...
>>
>> I'm still stuck.
>>
>> Does this sound familiar to anyonen out there?
>> _______________________________________________
>> yellowdog-general mailing list
>> yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> yellowdog-general mailing list
>> yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general
>>
> _______________________________________________
> yellowdog-general mailing list
> yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general
>